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la nappe
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a tablecloth ; a layer
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une nappe de pétrole
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oil slick
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insaisissable
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elusive ; imperceptible
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le panache
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panache ; a plume
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privé de
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deprived of
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privé
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private
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non-lucratif
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non-profit
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suintement
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seepage ; oozing
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à 500 mètres de fond
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500 m deep
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déverser
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to pour ; to discharge ; to spill
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le baril
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barrel ; cask
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brut
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raw ; crude (oil) ; unrefined (sugar)
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de fait
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de facto ; indeed
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paraître
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to come out ; to be published
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paru
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published
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un dissolvant
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solvent
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qu'on ne le pensait
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than previously thought
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Plus tôt
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earlier
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le / la syndicaliste
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trade unionist
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intervenir
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to take place
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aviver
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to intensify ; to stir up
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la revendication
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demand ; claim
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le débouché
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market ; job opportunity
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le licenciement
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dismissal
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l'aveu
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confession ; admission
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un enjeu
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a stake
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soit...
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that is...
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la polémique
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debate ; controversy ; polemic
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la centrale
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a power station ; a prison (cf le centra = telephone exchangel)
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le central
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a telephone exchange (cf la centrale = power station / prison)
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l'eau douce
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freshwater
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l'eau salée
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salt water
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une énergie propre
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clean energy
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l'embouchure (f)
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mouth (of a river) ; mouthpiece (of an instrument) ; opening
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combler
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to fill in ; to make up
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alimenter
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to feed ; to supply
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les rejets
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waste products
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l'échéance (f)
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due date ; expiry date ; deadline
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la veilleuse
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night light ; pilot light
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mettre en veilleuse
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to put on hold
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évincer
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to oust (a rival), to unseat
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contraindre
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to constrain, to restrain, to curb
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filtrer
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to filter ; to leak out (information)
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douteux
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dubious ; questionable ; uncertain
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briguer
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to aspire to ; to run (for office)
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traiter
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to treat ; to deal with ; to process
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le romancier, la romancière
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novelist
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actuel
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present, current
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l'égide (f)
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aegis
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se joindre
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to join in
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s'achever
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to end
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le déroulement
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unwinding, uncoiling
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une perte de temps
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a waste of time
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tirer un trait sur
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to draw a line through / under sthg
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passible
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liable to
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passible de
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punishable by
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à il seule ; à elle seule
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by himself, by herself
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renverser
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to knock over or down ; to spill ; to reverse ; to overthrow
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Pas de fumée sans feu
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No smoke without fire
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le périple
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journey ; voyage
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rater
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to miss ; to fail or spoil
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pour rien au monde il ne raterait...
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for nothing in the world would he miss...
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les marques de luxe
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luxury brands
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chouchouter
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to pamper
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sucrer
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to sweeten
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à ce propos
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in this regard
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se banaliser
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to become commonplace
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banaliser
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to make commonplace ; to trivialise
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sciemment
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knowingly
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légiférer
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to legislate
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le cendrier
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ashtray
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la fumée
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smoke
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bel et bien
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well and truly
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désormais
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from now on ; from then on
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parfois
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sometimes ; at times
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se battre pour
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to fight for
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les quartiers branchés
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the trendy areas
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révolté
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rebellious
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l'organisme (m)
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organisation ; organism
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la breuvage
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a drink (= la boisson)
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se produire
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to perform ; to occur, happen
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les applaudissements
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applause
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redouter
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to fear
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Je dois bien faire vivre ma famille.
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I must support my family.
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l'éleveur
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(animal) breeder
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Recueilli lors
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collected during
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Empêtré
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entangled
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Entraîné
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led
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Malgache
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Malagasy
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Il avait fait part à
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he had told
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aux prises avec
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struggling with, grappling with
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Géré par un cercle restreint
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managed by a small circle
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les déchets (nmpl)
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waste, garbage
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Démissionner
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to resign
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Les pronostics
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Predictions
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Dans le cadre de
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within the framework of; as part of ; also on the occasion of (depending on context)
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l'égard (m)
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consideration
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l'alerte précoce
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early warning
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Assécher
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to drain, to empty
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Consacré
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dedicated, devoted
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